Civil Code (Cap. 16), article 249

249. Every act or document receive d shall, even after it is registered, be preserved. Index. 250. (1) In the Public Registry Office in Malta and in Gozo there shall be made, w ithin the first three months of each year , an alphabetical index of the registr ations entered during the prec eding year. ( 2 ) T h e D i r e c t o r o f t h e P u b l i c Registry Office in Gozo shall, within one month from the last day of the time mentioned in sub - article (1) of this article, transmit to the Director of the Pu blic Registry Office in Malta a c opy of the index of each year. Acts and registers to be open to inspection. Amended by: XX.1934.6; XXII.1939.2; XXXI.1965.12; XXXVIII.1972.4; XXI.1993.65; III.1994.5; XIII.2005.9; VIII.2007.5; XIII.2007.13; XVIII.2007.4; XV .2012.12; L.N. 311 of 2012; XXV .2014.3; XXIII.2017.51; XLIII.2018.4.